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Larisa Kurkina
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896 and were held every four years except in 1916, 1940 and 1944 due to the World Wars. The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent at least one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Larisa Kurkina was born on December 18, 1973. She is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. She won a gold medal in the 4 by 5 km at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She won a silver medals in the 4 by 5 km at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and finished 5th in the 30 km at those same championships. She also has one individual victory in a 2004 individual sprint event in Russia.
The desire to use her talents for the Glory and Honor of her God and Country propelled her in an attempt to excel at the highest level of sporting achievement to inspire future generations of her countrymen to do the same upholding the highest standards of patriotic fervor.
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